Silobreaker.com
360° SearchNetworkHot SpotsTrends
 
Advanced Search Options >>
Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:35 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Canada.com


Canada backs measures to bolster Muslim world's businesses, NGOs

UNITED NATIONS â Canada on Tuesday backed a series of measures aimed at helping businesses and non-governmental aid groups around the Muslim world.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the initiatives at an international meeting in Morocco attended by Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon. "Our goal is to listen...

Share this 

What others report on the same story

US reaches out to Muslim world with aid initiat...
Agencies/Marrakesh, MoroccoUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a package of measures yesterday designed to help businesses and non-governmental groups ... - [11/04/2009 - Gulf Times]
Clinton Says Washington Following Through On Ob...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her speech at the opening of the World Policy Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 03 Nov 2009U.S. Secretary of State ... - [11/04/2009 - Turkish Weekly]
Clinton announces host of new business initiati...
- Powered by MARRAKECH, Morocco: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a package of measures on Tuesday designed to help businesses and non-governmental ... - [11/04/2009 - Lebanon Daily Star]

Quotes

...Lawrence Cannon. "Our goal is to listen more and discover new ways that we can work as partners" Clinton said at the...
...the Arab League. "This forum upheld the principle that political and economic freedoms ultimately serve to strengthen regional stability and security" said Cannon...
...said Cannon. "Canada also shares the commitment of participants to the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the MiddleMiddle East." Cannon separately announced...

Related Stories

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 12 Documents (in Politics)
Compass Group PLC - Click to view 360-page
Compass Group PLC
8.6% Unemployment rate, up from 8.4%The jobs market is frozen.More than 43,000 Canadian jobs vanished in October, suggesting that after two consecutive months of gains, companies are waiting for more signs of a sustained recovery before they begin hiring ... [Globe Investor - 11/07/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 22 Documents
Robert Cone - Click to view 360-page
Robert Cone
Sergeant Fanuaee Vea comforts Private Savannah Green while trying to telephone friends outside Fort Hood. [AFP]Kim Landers, North America correspondentUS President Barack Obama has led his nation in mourning after a Muslim army doctor shot dead 13 people ... [ABC Radio Australia News - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 36 Documents
Canada October housing starts rise to 2009 highTORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts rose 5.4 percent in October, a slightly weaker number than expected but still on an upward trend and a further sign that the housing sector is a cornerstone of ... [Globe Investor - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
As is seemingly tradition, the media is once again playing that classic game known as ‘How Can We Blame Bush?'  It's the party favorite where liberals take the biggest headline of the day, and immediately link Bush to the cause in one fell swoop, eliminating ... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 8 Documents (in Market News)
Volkswagen AG - Click to view image in its original context
Volkswagen AG
Christiaan Hetzner and John Irish Frankfurt, Dubai ? QVW preference shares widely expected to join Germany's blue-chip DAX index once VW ordinary voting shares drop out due to the low free float closed down nearly 16 per cent at 60.22 on Tuesday. That ... [Globe and Mail - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 13 Documents
Fewer than 1% of America's 1.4 million troops are Muslims $ and that number is really just the military's best guess, since just 4,000 troops have declared their faith in their service records. By all accounts, the percentage of Muslims who are outstanding, ... [Time - 11/09/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 9 Documents
General Motors Corporation - Click to view image in its original context
General Motors Corporation
By John McCrank of ReutersINGERSOLL, Ontario - General Motors Co said on Monday it would invest $C90 million ($A91.55 million) to boost production at a joint venture plant in Canada where it builds two popular crossover utility vehicles.GM also said it ... [Business Spectator - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 10 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Entities: Canada
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 9 Documents (in Politics)
An army major accused of firing on and killing fellow soldiers in Texas is a US-born Muslim. The reasons for the shooting are not clear, but Major Nidal Malik Hasan was reported to be unhappy at alleged racial abuse he had received. The BBC's Penny Spiller ... [BBC - 11/07/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 11 Documents
WASHINGTON (AFP) State Department officials defended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's five-day Middle East trip, which was marred by controversy over Israeli settlements. Clinton's trip was intended to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, ... [Yahoo! News - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 16 Documents
ROYAL TOUR FLOPS AS SWINE FLU KEEPS CANADIANS AT HOMEOnly a handful of people have turned out to welcome Charles & Camilla in CanadaHave your say(0)ROYALISTS blamed fears of swine flu today for poor turnouts to see Prince Charles and Camilla on their ... [Daily Express - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 13 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Many thousands of Darfuri refugees still live in camps - many in Chad African leaders have agreed to establish a new court to bring justice to the Sudanese region of Darfur.The hybrid court would consist of Sudanese and foreign judges appointed by the ... [BBC - 10/30/2009]
Entities: Darfur, Sudanese, Khartoum, Crime
Network

Blogs

sort by: Date | Relevance
Economic Modelling Study Shows Canada Can Meet ... [Green Car Congress - 11/01/2009]
Emission reduction actions for the more aggressive scenario (25% below 1990 by 2020). Source: Pembina. Click to enlarge.Canada can succeed economically while meeting ...
Don’t mention the Muslim [Andrew Bolt - 11/10/2009]
The fear of seeming racist has proved deadly: The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood… ...
Canada Decides That Canadian Ownership Is More ... [Techdirt - 10/30/2009]
An Anonymous Coward said: 'Canadian ownership requirements, and the indications that the profits, jobs, and benefits of them will stay in Canada is key. Is it protectionist? ...
Clinton offers U.S. aid to help boost Muslim ti... [M0 - 11/03/2009]
Reuters - The United States will deliver on President Barack Obama's promise of a "new start" with the world's Muslims by offering fresh programs to promote entrepreneurship, ...
Obama states he is Muslim [RenewAmerica columns - 11/07/2009]
(Grant Swank) - Barack Hussein Obama's stance as a Protestant -- theologically liberal in keeping with the United Church of Christ (Congregational) -- is a cover ...
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date | Relevance
Victim's Family: No Muslim Hate [CBS - YouTube - 11/09/2009]
Victim's Family: No Muslim Hate [CBS News Online - YouTube - 11/09/2009]
A Muslim Perspective [ABC News Video: Nightline - 11/06/2009]
A Muslim Perspective [ABC News Video: Nightline - 11/06/2009]
Being Muslim in Today's Army [ABC News Video: World News with Charles Gibson - 11/07/2009]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  •  
  •  
  •